We break down Wilson Kipsang's new world record in the marathon, look at how much men's marathoning has changed in the last ten years, realize how little women's marathoning has changed and give props to Paula Radcliffe. Eliud Kipchoge gets some praise as does Irina Mikitenko and we look at the Oregon men and Providence women's chances in NCAA XC.

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"I’m happy but even we (women) can bring the world record to Kenya. It’s not always men, men, men, all the time! I’m going to plan how Edna (Kiplagat), (Mary) Keitany and I can work together and break (Paula) Radcliffe’s record."

The field is loaded as 2:03:42 man Wilson Kipsang headlines against former 5k world champ Eliud Kipchoge, who debuted in 2:05:30 in April, Tokyo champ and 2:04:16 man Dennis Kimetto, and 2011 World Jr. XC champ and 2:06:12 man Geoffrey Kipsang.